The latest edition of the Mayor’s Report for community updates, business and news here in #OurHomeSTC. Lac Seul / National Indigenous People’s Day Last Friday as we recognized National Indigenous People’s Day, Fire Chief McCormick and I were in Northern Ontario, visiting Lac Seul First Nation to commemorate the opening of the Lac Seul Fire […]
Today is National Indigenous People’s Day, a day to honour and celebrate the contributions of Indigenous People to Canada. The City of St. Catharines and Niagara region is the traditional home to many First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples. The land is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples, many of whom continue […]
Public health to consider homelessness initiative Jun 10, 2019 by Allan Benner The St. Catharines Standard St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik hopes to significant reduction in homelessness in Niagara within six months, if Niagara Region implements an initiative being considered this week.”I believe that by October or November of this year, based on the implementation […]
Catch the latest edition of the Mayor’s Report for information on community events, business and updates in #OurHomeSTC. Go Raptors! As the Raptors attempt to make history tonight in game 5 of the NBA Finals against Golden State we have officially joined the Jurassic Park hype and the Meridian Centre will be hosting a viewing […]
Congratulations to John MacEachern, winner of the Mayor’s Poetry Contest to celebrate Poetry Month in April and promote literacy, arts, culture and reading in our community. Although John has studied poetry this is the first poem that he has written. I also enjoyed hearing why he wrote the poem – he had come home from […]
The Mayor’s Report informing the residents of St. Catharines about events, news and business in #OurHomeSTC. Last week, we had a significant moment in our community as we celebrated the opening of 527 Carlton Street a new affordable housing build by Niagara Regional Housing. Addressing the need for affordable housing is one of the most […]
It’s Council Monday which means a new edition of the Mayor’s Report. Thanks for all the fun comments and gifs today as Team STC had some fun this morning with a little April Fools joke! We have some businesses that have opened up here in St. Catharines – Bodhi Yoga and Wellness – congratulations to […]
I had a chat with a familiar voice on Niagara airwaves – Tom McConnell from 610 CKTB about the Province’s Regional Government review. The Province is reviewing the governance, decision-making, and service delivery functions for regional governments and member municipalities. The Mayors of Niagara have given our input and met with advisors from the Province. […]
The Mayor’s Report informing the residents of St. Catharines about events, news and business in #OurHomeSTC Thank you Emily Kovacs, Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre and Councillor Karrie Porter for organizing the vigil that took place on Saturday – in memory of those who were killed in a senseless act of terrorism. We must stand […]
The Mayor’s Report informing the residents of St. Catharines about events, news and business in #OurHomeSTC. The City of St. Catharines is looking for residents to get involved and help shape our community by joining one of our advisory committees. Applications are open until March 11 – to learn more or to apply visit – […]
As we are in the middle of Black History Month – I wanted to share this TVO piece on Harriet Tubman and her connection to St. Catharines. Harriet was a woman of strength, dignity and honour. She had extraordinary courage while leading hundreds of slaves to freedom. We celebrate Harriet and her connection to St. […]
Feb. 13, 2019 Mayor Sendzik delivers optimistic state of the city address Compassion, optimism and momentum are the defining words for St. Catharines according to Mayor Walter Sendzik’s state of the city address. The Mayor delivered his annual speech to an audience of more than 500 business and community leaders this afternoon at Club Roma. […]
